The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-29

obstinacy. It is now stated that the dealers
will form their pool, whether this firm come into
line or not.
The Backus Carriage Company yesterday
shipped several of their new-style ''surrys' to
Oakland, Cal.
The Eagle Machine-works Company this week
shipped one of their mills complete to Ken
lucky and another to Arkansas.
The Indianapolis Stove Company works what
is called open foundry, both union and nom
union men working in it, and no patterns are
boycotted.
The &c" Spring Road-cart Company have in
creased their force to sixtv-ive men, and are
turning out some twenty-five road-carts daily.
shipping them to all parts of the country.
The Udell wooden-ware works are, this meek.
making heavy shipments of their wares to Mex
leo and South America The works are now
giving employment to more people than at any
former period in the history of the mandatory.
The young strike among the bakers develops
that this industry is a mole important one than
it is credited with being. there some sixty
bakeries in the city. which average five en-
ployes. In several twelve to twenty men are
employed.
Whiteland & Wright are just putting on the
finishing touches to Soldiers Memorial
Chapel" piece of monumental work which
goes to Marion. o. In design it is unique and
impressive. and the workmanship very creditable
to the house.
The oodburn- Sarven wheel works are now
shipping daily an average of 300 sets of wheels.
against an average last year at the correspond
ing period of 200 to 200 sets. This company have
in Boston, which is of its principal dis
tributing points, large warerooms.
The Indianapolis Manufacturing and Supply
Company successors to Richards e. Butler, is
getting its affairs shaped up and beginning to do
good deal of business. steadily increasing its
force. Within the past few days it has
ceived orders to- build several heavy pieces of
machinery, and the outlook for the works is quite
promising
G. H. Shower has enlarged his carriage works
considerably, putting up a new building on the
east side of the alley adjoining his shops. In
clearing the ground on which to erect his new
building, he tore down old house built over ff-
ty years ago by Hervey Bates The rafters. joists,
and. in fact. every piece of timber used, were
hewn with an ak. and are atill we'll preserved.
Most of them were in condition to be used in the
new building
The Stockyards company have decided to
build an additional shed, with 200 pens, costing
SD, 900, and also have under serious considera-
tion the erection of large number of neat cot
tages, in which the employees of the yards can
live. 1t is now quite difficult for them to rent
houses west of the river. scarce are they, and
the Stockyard and Belt company will doubtless
expend some 500, 900 in this direction before the
season is over.
Indianapolis has the second largest
baking powder mandatory in this country A.
B. Gates last year manufactured and sold, in
round numbers. 100000 pounds of baking
powder, put up in cans, the Royal Baking pow
der Company being the only establishment in
the United States which exceeded this amount.
This Indianapolis firm ships baking powder to
Boston, New York. Philadelphia. St Louis and
San Francisco in carload lots.
Captain Thomas Madden who recently pur-
chased the Brown Rotary Sewing machine
| Companys buildings and machinery, yesterday
| entered into a contract with a manufacturing
company to erect another building to cost $780,
| GOO and to furnish the power to run the ma
| chinery, the contract covering several years.
| Captain Madden has for all the room in the
| sewing buildings with his lounge man
| ufactory, but has need of half the power,
| and the new deal is very fortunate for him.
| One of the self-contained- balance steam en-
gines, the device of Daniel Wilkinson, a mechan-
| ic of Peru, Ind, is exhibition at the Brush
| electric-Iight works, and doing excellent execu-
| ton for an engine of its dimensions. number
| of mechanics and machinists have witnessed its
| operation, and are more than gratifed With the
| results. Through this device the forces and the
metals are both balanced, there being no strain
| on any part, and when the engine is run at high
| speed there is no friction even q jar of the
| plate on which the engine rests
| Dageett & Co. are trying to solve the problem
| how they can increase their productive capacity
| to meet the increase in their business. The
building they now occupy. few years ago gave
| them moro room than they really needed: now
i
| purchasing more ground near by and putting up
| building suitable for tho manufacture of their
| fancy candies. which have become quite feature
| of their business. This firm ship candies into
| Pennsylvania and New York as we'll as to all
the adjoining States, and outside of Indiana have
| built up big trade.
Cofiu, Greenstreet & Fletcher are making ex-
tensive additions to their packing house, among
other things erecting house in which they can
smoke at one time 300. 900 hams. The trade in
smoked meats and lard in this city has grown
to large proportions. This one branch of the
packing houses requires a capital OF ST. 900, 200,
and gives employment the year round to 300
men, curing, smoking, canvasing and packing
the product for the market By enterprise and
energy Indianapolis packers have extended the
trade until they now reach the cities and towns
| of more than half of the States in the Union
with their meats. which command a premium
of ! to cont per pound over meats cured in
any other packing center. The packing firm
above named is smoking and handling fully 100,
900 pounds of meat daily.